Rescuers Continue To Search For Victims In New Zealand Quake

Thursday, February 24, 2011

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Rescuers fanned out into unchecked areas of New Zealand's quake-devastated city Thursday looking for any remaining life in the rubble, as the death toll rose to 98 with "grave fears" that many of the 226 missing are dead.

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Search and recovery operation personnel work at the destroyed CTV building in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 after the city was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake Tuesday, Feb 22.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

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A search and recovery operation personnel sifts through the destroyed CTV building in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 after the city was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake Tuesday, Feb 22. The temblor collapsed buildings, caused extensive other damage and killed dozens of people in the city. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

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Emergency workers prepare to remove a body from the site of the CTV building in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, after the city was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake Tuesday. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Sarah Ivey)

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Emergency teams work in the rubble at the site of the Pyne Gould Corporation Building in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, after the city was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake Tuesday. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Mark Mitchell)

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A police dog searches in the rubble with his handler in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, after the city was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake Tuesday. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Mark Mitchell)

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Members of the Disaster Relief Team from Japan and their dogs come out from the site of the CTV building in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, after the city was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake Tuesday. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Sarah Ivey)

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Recovery operation personnel work on the destroyed CTV building in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, after the city was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

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Search and recovery personnel carry steel cutting equipment at the destroyed Christchurch Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand , Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 after the city was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

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A search and recovery operation personnel walk through the rubble of a destroyed building in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 after the city was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake Tuesday, Feb 22. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

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Japan's Disaster Relief team leader Yukio Yoshii, right, and deputy Yoshihiro Katade walk during their operation in Christchurch, New Zealand , Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 after the city was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake Tuesday, Feb 22. The temblor collapsed buildings, caused extensive other damage and killed dozens of people in the city. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

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